Cabinet



March 27, 1928. 1,663,820

J. F. SYKES CABINET I Filed Sept. 10. 1926 Patented Mar. 27, 1928.

UNITED STATES JAMES F. SYKES, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

CABINET.

Application filed September This invention relates to cabinets and morein particular to cabinets for collars and neckties.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a cabinet wherein theplacing or removal of collars and neckties may be performed with easeand rapidity. A further object of this invention is to provide a cabinetof this character which permits of the storage of collars and necktieswithout deformation, that is, in the same shape as bought from a storeor delivered from a laundry. Still another object is the provision of acabinet which is compact, neat in appearance,

' simple in construction and operation and which can be manufactured atrelatively low cost. Additional features and advantages of thisinvention will appear in the course of the following descriptionconsidered in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis application and in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the cabinet with the door fully opened.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on line 2-2 in Fig. 1,but with the door of the cabinet closed.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken on line 8-8 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing an adjustable support for collars.

Reference being had to the drawing, my collar and necktie cabinetcomprises a boxportion 1 provided with a hinged door 2 in front of whichthere is preferably mounted a mirror 3. The cabinet is hung up against awall by means of hooks and screws which are inserted in the eye 4 andthe hole 5 drilled in the lower part of the cabinet-box.

The cabinet is subdivided into five com-' partments 6, 7 8, 9 and 10,the first four compartments are intended for the keeping of collars,either stiff or soft, and thelowermost compartment 10 is preferablyarranged for receiving jewelry, etc for which purpose g it is providedwith a velvet covered, padded and removable false-bottom 11. Thesecompartments are formed by the two horizontal cross-boards 12 and 13 andby the two aligned vertical boards 14 and 15. In front of eachcollar-compartment are two vertical rods 16 and 17 which are secured inthe horizontal boards 12 and 13 and in the top-board 18 of thebox-portion. These vertical bars are suitably spaced to allow theinsertion of the slightly compressed collars into the com- 10, 1926.Serial No. 134,612.

partments and to prevent their accidental falling out, once in saidcompartments. It will be noted in the drawing that so placed stiffcollar 19 will assume substantially their normal horse-shoe shape form,once behind said vertical bars.

If desired, each set of vertical rods may be provided with an up anddown slidable collar-support 20, illustrated especially in Fig 4. Thepurpose of this support is to hold the collars a distance above theircorresponding lower horizontal board and thereby prevent their becomingsoiled, should some dust or other undesired matter have accumulated onsaid board.

Referring to Figure 4 it will be noted that each collar-supportcomprises a frame 21 made of springy material and provided at the frontend with two spaced and parallel sleeves 22 adapted to slidably engagethe vertical rods. In the back portion of the frame are two horizontallydisposed parallel pins 23 by which the collars are supported. Owing tothe resiliency of the side-arms 82 ofthe frame and the fairly close fitof the sleeves 22 on the vertical rods 16 and 17, sufficient friction iscreated to maintain the support at any selected height above theaforementioned horizontal boards, regardless of the number of collarssupported thereby.

In one of the left hand side collar-compartments I have shown how softcollars 24 are stored in the cabinet. Collars of this type are generallyironed and folded flat by the laundries and are piled up in this shapeon the collar-support.

Neckties 25 are hung up on the back of the door 2. For this purpose Iprovide at the top of the door two aligned horizontal hangers 26, theinner ends of which have turned up fingers 27 to prevent the necktiesfrom sliding off said hangers when the door is swung either way rapidly.The space 28 left between said two hangers reatly facilitates theinsertion or removal of the ties, as will be understood. The hangers aresecured to the back of the door by means of screws 29. The lower ends ofthe neckties are held in place bymeans of a single horizontal guard-rail30, also secured to the door by screws 31.

As stated above, collars which are'to be stored away are inserted in acompartment by slightly compressing one or more at a time so that theymay pass between the parallel rods 16 and 17 and they are placed abovethe pins23. hen fully inserted in the compartment they are released and,on their own accord, will spread open as far as the width of thecompartment will allow. When in this condition, they are, of courseprevented from falling out by the vertical rods. When one desires totake out a collar, he inserts his fingers between the vertical rods andpulls out the lowermost collar, preferably. Experience has shown-thatbest results are obtained in the extraction of coi- V lars when they aregotten hold of substantially at the middle of the top curve. For thisreason, the supporting pins 23 are spaced a suiiicient amount to permitof the insertion of ones fingers therebetwecn.

While I have illustrated and described herein the preferred embodimentof my in vention, and one which I have found by actual use to be verypractical, it may be found desirable after contlnued experlence to makeslight changes in the construction and arrangement of the details of mycab inet, and I intend to include all such changes in this applicationas fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

- In a cabinet, a box-portion and a door therefor; said box-portioncomprising a plurality of compartments for storing collars;

a pair of vertical rods disposed in spaced parallel relation in each ofsaid compartments and adapted to hold collars therein; a collar -supportcomprising a frame having two resilient sidemembers each provided with asleeve-portion adapted for frictional engagement on said rods for thepurpose of maintaining said collar-support at any selected height.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

' JAMES F. SYKES.

